事情

Chinese

		matter; thing; item matter; thing; item; work; affair	feeling; emotion; passion feeling; emotion; passion; situation
simp. and trad. (事情)		事	情
anagram		情事

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Standard)
(Pinyin): shìqing, shìqíng

(Zhuyin): ㄕˋ ˙ㄑㄧㄥ, ㄕˋ ㄑㄧㄥˊ

(Dungan, Cyrillic): сычин (sɨčin, III-I)
Cantonese (Jyutping): si⁶ cing⁴
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): sṳ-chhìn
Min Dong (BUC): sê̤ṳ-cìng
Min Nan (POJ): sū-chêng / sīr-chêng
Wu (Wiktionary): zr xxin (T3)

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland and Taiwan)⁺
  - Pinyin: shìqing
  - Zhuyin: ㄕˋ ˙ㄑㄧㄥ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyh.ching
  - IPA ^(key): /ʂʐ̩⁵¹ t͡ɕʰiŋ¹/
- (Standard Chinese, common variant)
  - Pinyin: shìqíng
  - Zhuyin: ㄕˋ ㄑㄧㄥˊ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyhchyng
  - IPA ^(key): /ʂʐ̩⁵¹ t͡ɕʰiŋ³⁵/
  - Homophones:
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    世情
    事情
- (Dungan)
  - Cyrillic: сычин (sɨčin, III-I)
  - IPA ^(key): /sɨː⁴⁴ t͡ɕʰĩ²⁴/
  (Note: Dungan pronunciation is currently experimental and may be inaccurate.)
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: si⁶ cing⁴
  - Yale: sih chìhng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: si⁶ tsing⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: xi⁶ qing⁴
  - IPA ^(key): /siː²² t͡sʰɪŋ²¹/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sṳ-chhìn
  - Hakka Romanization System: sii qinˇ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: si⁴ qin²
  - IPA: /sɨ⁵⁵ t͡ɕʰin¹¹/
Min Dong
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: sê̤ṳ-cìng
  - IPA ^(key): /sy²⁴²⁻⁵⁵ ^(t͡s-)ʒiŋ⁵³/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sū-chêng
  - Tâi-lô: sū-tsîng
  - Phofsit Daibuun: suxzeeng
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /su³³⁻²¹ t͡ɕiɪŋ²³/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /su²²⁻²¹ t͡ɕiɪŋ²⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /su³³⁻¹¹ t͡ɕiɪŋ²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /su²²⁻²¹ t͡ɕiɪŋ¹³/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sīr-chêng
  - Tâi-lô: sīr-tsîng
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /sɯ⁴¹⁻²² t͡ɕiɪŋ²⁴/
Wu
- (Shanghainese)
  - Wiktionary: zr xxin (T3)
  - IPA ^(key): /z̻z̩²² ʑ̻ɪɲ⁴⁴/

Noun

事情

(countable) matter; affair; something; business; thing (Classifier: 件)
處理事情 / 处理事情 ― chǔlǐ shìqíng ― to handle a matter

找到事情的根源 ― zhǎodào shìqíng de gēnyuán ― to get to the root of the matter

我要去辦點事情了。 [MSC, trad.]
我要去办点事情了。 [MSC, simp.]
Wǒ yào qù bàn diǎn shìqíng le. [Pinyin]
I need to go take care of something.

事情發生在去年夏天。 [MSC, trad.]
事情发生在去年夏天。 [MSC, simp.]
Shìqíng fāshēng zài qùnián xiàtiān. [Pinyin]
It happened last summer.
(uncountable) job; task; work
找事情做 ― zhǎo shìqíng zuò ― to look for work
(uncountable) mistake; accident
出事情 ― chū shìqíng ― to make a mistake

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 事情 (“affair; matter”) [map]
Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		事情
Mandarin	Beijing	事兒
	Taiwan	事
	Jinan	事兒
	Xi'an	事情, 事
	Wuhan	事情, 事
	Chengdu	事情, 事
	Yangzhou	事情, 事
	Hefei	事
Cantonese	Guangzhou	事, 事幹
	Hong Kong	事, 事幹
	Yangjiang	事, 事幹
Gan	Nanchang	事
Hakka	Meixian	事情, 事
Jin	Taiyuan	事情, 事
Min Bei	Jian'ou	事
Min Dong	Fuzhou	事計, 事
Min Nan	Xiamen	代誌
	Quanzhou	代誌
	Zhangzhou	代誌
	Taipei	代誌
	Kaohsiung	代誌
	Tainan	代誌
	Taichung	代誌
	Wuqi	代誌
	Hsinchu	代誌
	Taitung	代誌
	Lukang	代誌
	Yilan	代誌
	Magong	代誌
	Penang	代誌
	Singapore	代誌
	Philippines (Manila)	代誌
	Chaozhou	事
Wu	Shanghai	事體
	Suzhou	事體
	Wenzhou	事幹
Xiang	Changsha	路徑, 路, 路子徑, 路子, 事
Xiang	Shuangfeng	道路, 事

Derived terms

事情經過／事情经过 (shìqíng jīngguò)
出事情

大小事情

Japanese

Kanji in this term
事	情
じ Grade: 3	じょう Grade: 5
on’yomi

Pronunciation

On’yomi
- IPA^(key): [d͡ʑiʑo̞ː]

Noun

事情 (hiragana じじょう, rōmaji jijō)

Synonyms

(circumstances): 情 (じょう)勢 (せい) (jōsei)
(reasons): 理 (り)由 (ゆう) (riyū)

Compounds

事 (じ)情 (じょう)通 (つう) (jijōtsū)

References

2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.

Korean

Hanja in this term
事	情

Noun

事情 • (sajeong) (hangeul 사정)

Hanja form^? of 사정 (“reason; circumstance; situation”).

Vietnamese

Hán tự in this term
事	情

Noun

事情

Hán tự form of sự tình.

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